Mental Health Counselor

About the role

A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area, Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually. Under general direction, the Mental Health Counselor provides a variety of clinical services including individual and specialized group counseling, intake/screening assessments, crisis counseling, and family counseling; conducts psychosocial assessments, mental health/mental status examinations, and makes treatment planning recommendations as well as internal and external client referrals in support of the agency’s mission and goals.

Responsibilities

• Conducts bio-psychosocial assessments, mental status and mental health evaluations.
• Conducts individual, group and family counseling consistent with the objectives identified in clients’ individual treatment plans and makes referrals for appropriate levels of care for designated clients.
• Ensures maintenance of accurate, complete and timely client records that comply with regulatory requirements and agency internal policy and procedure.
• Complies with 42 CFR confidentiality, HIPAA privacy and security regulations.
• Serves as a liaison to community agencies and organizations.
• Assists with fostering professional linkages, relationships with concrete services/other community service providers and referral sources.
• Designs and facilitates specialized, therapeutic groups based upon client and program need.
• Facilitates in-service staff training designed to respond to anticipated and/or identified areas of need.
• Adheres to social work standards and ethical principles, agency policies and procedures, and maintains professional relationships with other disciplines, clients, and community supports.
• Demonstrates a commitment to maintaining the knowledge and skill necessary to facilitate didactic, process experiential and supportive group approaches.

Qualifications

• MSW degree needed only for designated programs/divisions OR Must obtain LMSW-Permit within 90 days of hire and licensure within one year of employment for designated programs/divisions OR to obtain QHP (Qualified Health Professional) status within designated OASAS regulated programs OR NYS LMSW licensure for designated programs/divisions.
• NYS LCSW licensure.
• Experience working with DHS CARES Software.
• Knowledge of multi-disciplinary team experience.
• Knowledge of techniques for identifying and preventing potentially violent behavior, including crisis management techniques.
• Ability to develop, evaluate, implement and modify a clinical treatment intervention to meet the needs of individual participants.
• Competency in written, interpersonal, verbal and computational skills to present and document records in accordance with program standards.
• Knowledgeable about federal, state and local law and regulation governing substance abuse treatment programs.

Pay

Salary: $65,530 - $71,000

Schedule

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm